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Hilary Mason

Hilary Mason

Hilary Mason

1917-09-04

Birmingham, England, UK

ACTING

Biography

Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. She is probably best known internationally for her performance as the blind psychic in Nicolas Roeg's film Don't Look Now. In later years Mason appeared as Gladys in the popular children's TV show Maid Marian and her Merry Men.

Best known for:

Don't Look Now

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Dolls

Sherlock Holmes

Haunted

Robot Jox

The Young Ones

One Foot in the Grave

Lovejoy

Tales of the Unexpected

Meridian

Absolution

The Bill

Afraid of the Dark

I Don't Want to Be Born

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Minder

The Last Vampyre

Bergerac

The Return of the Soldier

Poldark

In Sickness and in Health

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

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Filmography:

Festival (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Nanine, Chorus of Women of Canterbury
Story Parade (1964)
APPEREAD AS:
Edith Coppard
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Witch, Mrs. Elton
The Main Chance (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Agnes McLaren
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Lady Boleyn
Justice (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Garside
Just Love (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs Herbert
Don't Look Now (1973)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Heather

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Playhouse (1974)
APPEREAD AS:
Kidderminster, Mother
Poldark (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Carne
84 Charing Cross Road (1975)
APPEREAD AS:
Voice of Joan Todd
I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Hyde
Early Struggles (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Mum
Nicholas Nickleby (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Nickleby
The Curse of the Claw (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Kevin's Mother
Wilde Alliance (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Rachel

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Absolution (1978)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Froggatt
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
Medium
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs Pardoe
Minder (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Mayhew
Worzel Gummidge (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Fogg
The Legend of King Arthur (1979)
APPEREAD AS:
Midwife
Sink or Swim (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs O'Day
The Trial of Lady Chatterley (1980)
APPEREAD AS:
Joan Bennett
Bergerac (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Aunt Annie
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Kidderminster
Days (1981)
APPEREAD AS:
Mother
The Young Ones (1982)
6.7
APPEREAD AS:
Old Woman Next Door
Brendon Chase (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Beatrix Holcombe
Ghost in the Water (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Nan
The Return of the Soldier (1983)
APPEREAD AS:
Ward
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
6.9
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Ruddock
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt (1984)
APPEREAD AS:
Mother Cyrene
Three Up, Two Down (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Joan
In Sickness and in Health (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Dorothy
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
Emily Barton
Lovejoy (1986)
6.1
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Greenlands
David Copperfield (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Meg Gummidge
Dolls (1986)
5.1
APPEREAD AS:
Hilary Hartwicke
All Passion Spent (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Edith
An Affair in Mind (1988)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Platt
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
7
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Hill
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Gladys
Robot Jox (1989)
4.1
APPEREAD AS:
Professor Laplace
Campion (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Munsey
Great Expectations (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs Fagge
The Heat of the Day (1989)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Tringsby
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
6.3
APPEREAD AS:
Elspeth
Meridian (1990)
3.1
APPEREAD AS:
Martha
Afraid of the Dark (1991)
APPEREAD AS:
Basement Woman
The Last Vampyre (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Miss Ruddock
Wycliffe (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
Edith Riddle
Pie in the Sky (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Lonsdale
Haunted (1995)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Elderly Lady
Aquila (1997)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Murray